In Europe, Asia and the Middle East, countries seek nuclear capabilities to hedge against aggressive neighbors and a receding Washington, potentially creating a more freewheeling era.

European shares mostly fell and Asian shares advanced on Thursday, while the intensifying war with Iran pushed Brent crude to over $98 a barrel. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.

In just a week, the dismissal of a Ukrainian defense minister set in motion a transformation of the country’s armed forces that replaced the old guard with a new generation of leadership.

Israel's UN ambassador called Mayor Zohran Mamdani a "clown" after he demanded federal authorities arrest Benjamin Netanyahu on an ICC warrant.

Thousands of young protesters were camped on the streets of India’s capital New Delhi on Thursday, defying new restrictions in the latest show of strength for a movement that has become one of the biggest challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

Britain's new prime minister, Andy Burnham, said on Thursday he ​would lower business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues by 20% from April, his third announcement in ‌three days of measures to help households and businesses.

A sailor injured when a Ukraine-bound tanker ship caught fire off Romania’s Black Sea coast has died, Romanian media reported on Thursday, as authorities investigate a possible link to Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Adolf Hitler’s birthplace in Austria was officially inaugurated as a police station on Wednesday in an effort to destroy the building’s appeal as a site of pilgrimage for people who glorify the Nazi dictator.